Tag Archives: FGM

This Week in Egypt: Week 39-2021 ( Sep 27- Oct 3)

Posted on October 3, 2021 by nervana111

Top Headlines U.S. security adviser visits Egypt, discusses various issues with Egyptian officials Egypt Air flight lands in Tel Aviv for first time in decades Egypt’s FM Shoukry visits Moscow for political consultations Egypt is “selected as nominee” to host COP27 … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 3-2021 ( Jan 18-24)

Posted on January 24, 2021 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt begins COVID-19 vaccination drive with frontline medical staff Egypt’s irrigation minister accuses Ethiopia of disrupting GERD negotiations ISIS bombing kills a police officer, wounds three others in Sinai Egypt approves bill increasing penalty for FGM to 20 … Continue reading →

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This Week in Egypt: Week 31 (July 31-Aug 6)

Posted on August 6, 2017 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt dismisses Qatari allegations of using membership to ‘achieve political purposes’ Egypt’s foreign-currency reserves jumped to a record in July, as investor confidence surged Egypt names new head of stock exchange Egypt and Russia broker truce between Syrian … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2016 – Week 36 ( Sept 5-11)

Posted on September 11, 2016 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egyptian police ‘investigated’ Giulio Regeni days before his murder Egypt names six provincial governors, mostly ex-generals A newly-established militant group published a video of footage from a an attack against a security checkpoint in Menoufiya governorate Court orders … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Aak 2016 – Week 22 ( May 30-June 5)

Posted on June 5, 2016 by nervana111

Top Headlines Egypt journalist union chiefs are charged with harboring wanted colleagues Egypt investigates teenage girl’s death during illegal FGM 6 Egyptian soldiers were killed, 6 were injured in North Sinai Egypt Air crash: Black box signals have been detected … Continue reading →

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Egyptian Courts Take on FGM, But Can They Uproot the Practice Altogether?

Posted on January 30, 2015 by nervana111

I wrote this piece for the Harvard Journal of Middle East Politics and policy, hope you enjoy it. (Victim of FGM, 13-year-old Egyptian girl Suhair al-Bataa- Photo via AP) In a landmark verdict handed down last Monday, an Egyptian doctor was convicted … Continue reading →

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